By now, we’re all familiar with the system that means when you buy a new phone, one company makes the device and another provides the network connectivity. It’s a tried-and-tested model, one that has served us pretty well over the years. But now one phone maker has decided to shake things up. HMD Global, the …

Facebook is giving you more control over what you see when you use the social media platform — in particular what appears in your News Feed and who’s allowed to comment on your posts. The social network announced Wednesday that it’s introducing a number of changes, all designed to boost transparency and trust in the way its algorithms operate. Facebook’s …

We’ve just had our first glimpse of what’s coming from Nothing, the new tech company founded by Carl Pei, previously of OnePlus. The company, announced back in January, is building a product ecosystem behind closed doors, with its first device to be released this summer. We already know one of those products will be true wireless headphones, but until now …

Being able to use the internet and all data-dependent services free of charge in foreign countries is one of the major advantages of living in and traveling around Europe. The EU first introduced its roaming regulation, which allows European citizens to visit other EU countries and use their phones as if they’re at home back, in 2012. On Wednesday, it …

Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, published a blog post on Wednesday defending the social network’s actions in its standoff with the Australian government, which caused the social media platform to temporarily block news in the country. That action, Clegg says, might have felt “abrupt and dramatic” if you hadn’t been following the story closely. Facebook suspended news …

Facebook is expanding its AI doctoral program to the UK as part of a four-year research partnership with University College London, the company announced Tuesday. Students of the program will spend time at both UCL and Facebook as they pursue projects that can contribute to the company’s efforts to publish open-source research. Facebook’s efforts in the world of artificial intelligence …

Facebook is expanding its efforts to tackle misinformation about climate change by expanding the reach and remit of its Climate Science Information Center. The company said on Thursday that the Center will now be available to Facebook users in 12 new countries: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Spain, South Africa and Taiwan. Facebook first launched …

Two weeks ago, OnePlus founder Carl Pei officially launched his new venture — a consumer electronics company called Nothing. It might not sound like much so far, but Nothing is backed by GV (previously Google Ventures), which invested $15 million in the company. This entirely financed the company’s latest funding round, according to a press release issued Tuesday. GV is …

“Hell is a teenage girl,” begins the cult comedy-horror movie Jennifer’s Body. Even when you look past the murder-heavy plot, it has a point. Female adolescence has always been a tough time. But this past year has brought unprecedented pressure with the combination of growing up in the age of social media and a pandemic that’s disrupted all sense of …

Chinese tech giant Huawei is rumored to be in early talks to sell its P Series and Mate Series smartphone brands, according to Reuters. It cited two people with direct knowledge of the matter, who said the company was in negotiations with a consortium of government-backed Shanghai investment firms. Reuters said that the talks began last September, shortly before Huawei …